Allie Townsend

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Get your summer reading list ready, a new books site, Bookish, will launch on Labor Day. The site promises to be part content, part retailer and part recommendation engine—a unique literary web cocktail.

Backed by publishing bigwigs like Simon & Schuster, the Hachette Book Group and Penguin—who envision this latest attempt to …

At the news that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces, Twitter erupted with posts.

The news itself has roots in the microblog, as one of the first public declarations of bin Laden’s death was pushed out in under 140 characters by Navy Reserve intel officer Keith Urbahn. “So I’m told by a reputable person …

During Monday’s Pulitzer announcement, the Internet was a frenzied mix of Google searches for “Goon Squad,” links to moving photos and “WTF?” remarks about the vacant spot in the winners list in the Breaking News category, the first time in history the award wasn’t given.

Truth is, Internet culture has evolved way past the gender divide. Aside from the occasional idiot smashing out “Tits! Tits! Tits!” to express the insane awesomeness level of a new gadget, I don’t encounter a high volume of …

The new Facebook “Like” settings have changed, triggering the always-dependable user panic we’ve seen from previous Facebook alterations like “Privacy-Gate” or the not-to-be-underestimated “News Feed Revolt.” This time, change comes to the little blue thumb.

Yesterday, Twitter restored access to a few of UberMedia’s previously banned apps. UberSocial and Twidroyd for Blackberry were among two of UberMedia’s Twitter clients that were shut down Friday for policy violations.

“We’ve given the developers of twidroyd and UberSocial for Blackberry (formerly UberTwitter) access to the Twitter API …

Today, Facebook relationship statuses made strides for gay rights by including civil union and domestic partnership as relationship status options.
Done with the consultation of national LGBT and human rights organizations, the changes are reflected in the profiles of users in North America, France, the U.K. and Australia – a …

Once an expensive minority, toy makers are adopting newer technologies every year – it seems like almost everything needs a battery or power source now. This year’s Toy Fair was no different. Combing the aisles, I found the ten toys with new or interesting technology that’ll make your kid say “gimme.”

As The Social Network’s Jesse Eisenberg (an Oscar nominee for his role as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg) takes the reigns of Saturday Night Live tomorrow night, his real life counterpart could join him on stage.